Posted on 01/24/2017 4:46:10 PM PST by MtnClimber
GOES-16
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A new weather-tracking satellite has beamed back its first images of Earth from orbit, and the view is absolutely beautiful!
The new satellite, called GOES-16, is the first of four cutting-edge weather satellites — collectively known as GOES-R — to be launched into space, and the 16th GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) mission in all.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been using these satellites to study weather patterns for decades. But the new and improved GOES-R group of satellites will provide the best, high-resolution views of Earth to date
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
Wouldn’t thermal layers in the atmosphere cause fluctuations in reading temperatures from space?
I want that big flash to be all of Sore-asses money burning up!
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